iPhone 13, Apple’s best-selling model of 2022, is now discontinued

Apple has discontinued the iPhone 13 right after announcing the new iPhone 16. Launched in 2021, the iPhone 13 emerged as the company’s most-selling smartphone of 2022, surpassing options such as the iPhone 14 Pro Max from the same year, according to research from Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC). Apple’s new iPhone 16 brings significant improvements in performance and photography, so it makes sense for the company to retire old devices.

iPhone 13 is one of Apple ’s most-selling smartphones and continued to be available for up to three years. It was launched at Rs 79,900, but its miniature version called the iPhone 13 mini, was selling for Rs 69,900. Over the past few years, the iPhone 13 saw several official price cuts, but third-party shopping platforms have offered big discounts to increase sales. That gave Apple an unprecedented push into the Indian market, registering a two-digit growth for the first time in the premium segment.

“Our customers rely on iPhone every day, which is why we’ve made iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini more powerful, more capable, and more fun to use,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple ’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.

iPhone 13 specifications

Featuring a notch, the iPhone 13 boasts a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display with HDR10, Dolby Vision, and 1200 nits of peak brightness. The screen has a resolution of 1170x2532 pixels and supports Ceramic Shield glass for protection. Apple equipped the iPhone 13 with the Apple A15 Bionic chipset, based on 5nm technology. It offered 4GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage. The iPhone 13 has dual 12MP cameras with sensor-shift optical image stabilisation (OIS) on the back, and a 12MP HDR camera on the front. It also has an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance. The iPhone 13 supports 15W MagSafe and Qi2 wireless charging.